Hair-fastener.



J. LEICK.

HAIR FASTENEB.'

- (Application med Feb, 14, 1900.) (No Model.)

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ATENT JoHN LEroK, on vEEoNA, NEW JERSEY.

HAIR-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,555, dated January21, 1902. Application led Pebruaryl4, 1900. Serial No. 5,185. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, z5 ntcay concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN LEICK, a citizen of the United States, residingat Verona, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have inventeda new and useful Hair-Pin, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hair-pins.

The object is to present ahair-pin which will be thoroughly effectivefor secu rely holding the hair of the user and which by its constructionwill be more positively retained in the hair than with devices of theabove character in common use. l

With these and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a hair-pin, as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, andin which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts, thefigure is a view in elevation of a hair-pin characterizing thisinvention.

The hair-pin of this invention may be constructed of any material suitedto the purpose and in one piece, and comprises an elliptical head l,constituting a hair-confining loop, two legs 2, arranged substantiallyin parallel relation with each other, each having intermediate of itsends an inward-extending bend or offset 3, lying in a plane parallelwith that of the hainconflning loop and constituting combined stops andhair clamps, and two shoulders or abutments 4, forming a continuation ofthe legs and merging into the head and operating to limit the inwardinsertion of the pin.

In the use of the pin the legs are thrust into the hair and a portionthereof will be forced into the hair-confining loop, the bulk, however',being crowded Ain between the abutments 4 and the clamps and sto s 3,the terminals of the legs serving to old the pin firmly in position. Inthe act of in serting the pin the legs will naturally be forced apart,thereby permitting the hair to pass the clamps or stops 3,- and as soonas inward pressure is removed from the pin-when finally postioned thesaid clamps or stops will be projected inward by the movement of thelegs, thereby operating at once to clamp the hair in the space betweenthe shoulders 4 and the clamps or stops and also to bear upon the hairdisposed between the clamps.

It will be seen from this description that While the device of thepresent invention is exceedingly simple in construction it will bethoroughly effective in use and will be found to fill a long-felt wantin toilet articles for ladies use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A hair-pin constructed of a single piece of metal provided at one endwith a hair-confining loop, the legs of the pin being providedintermediate of their ends 'with inward-extending bends or osetsconstituting combined stops and hair-clamps, and the legs adjacent to'the said loop being bent to form tion of the pin, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOI-IN LEICK.

Witnesses: I

H. RAE SIMoNsoN, C. S. SIMoNsoN.

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